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fool
A	noun
	1	chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug
			a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚victim; dupe ╚chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug
	2	fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool
			a person who lacks good judgment
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚simpleton; simple ╚fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool ╚Wally ╚putz ╚morosoph ╚meshuggeneh; meshuggener ╚fathead; goof; goofball; bozo; jackass; goose; cuckoo; twat; zany ╚fucker ╚flibbertigibbet; foolish woman ╚clown; buffoon ╚ass
	3	jester, fool, motley fool
			a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚entertainer ╚performer; performing artist ╚comedian; comic ╚clown; buffoon; merry andrew ╚jester, fool, motley fool
B	verb
	1	horse around, arse around, fool around, fool
			indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about"
		Category Tree: act ╚play ╚horse around, arse around, fool around, fool
	2	gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across
			fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚inform ╚misinform; mislead ╚deceive; betray; lead astray ╚gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across ╚pull the leg of; kid
	3	fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away
			spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance"
		Category Tree: transfer ╚give ╚pay ╚spend; expend; drop ╚consume; squander; waste; ware ╚fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away
	4	fool, gull, befool
			make a fool or dupe of
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚treat; handle; do by ╚wrong ╚victimize; victimise ╚deceive; lead on; delude; cozen ╚fool, gull, befool

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